The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-06
extreme lenaior5 it there came u pauas in'

NY oySStsg 49, ~. 81 S sss
Was 1t IL Was i In rasli ava e22s
BAIL Truly. AsI stepped bn a pace
I knocked againss a palm tree In It's
great tub and bruised my cheek ksonSthe'
bark. ss. I; a - 81 :; $ Sls
] stood still once more, anu then,
there Games sig q Dire de diosl ss
Not the sigh Of suffaring humanity,
and that ID sad enough.
|, 2 Not, the sigh Of q lost spirit, for that
even possesses a certain patho y .,ys
But the Sigh Of g devil and i treHsbs
led in every limb as / heard 1t. i.5 s
This DEVILS sigh, and after 1t a
crash. as If some one threw himself
with the utmost violence against the
wall Of the corridor. Y.
I rushed to the spot, guided Eby the
sound. tiIf spread 3my fingers oyer}tle
wall; it shook slightly, TREMENDOUSLY.
{ Very WELL. e .,,. 3 Is I, IA
III collected myself. - 4, ANS 3
Ia The morning had begun TO peep In at
.the skylights and also atithe windows
beloWiln the court. tt5lf Z
"a I gathered myself together withSall
my strength of lusty youth---I was Six
feet In height and broad, as most Of my
country areand threw myself against
thewall at the spot Where the sounds
had ceased.M -s '.l sAsa I'M ssss 8
4, Once, twice, three at last the mud.
walllSylelded, and. enyeloped, enmeshed
4 ttinsdust nd5crumbling ruins, + pitched
Sb,ssssn Where2 7. 5ig,. | 4s 3.
Y Icould .scrrcely breathe. sf,..
I;choked with the dust. s3s \,
IWas blinded with It; my; heal
swan. f'i. v s. Il ffiy 1850
Z },stagefedS aboutis at eysry step my
.sFssssll sFssss ns e come only shs more s
y / I{wasI stiflings NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. llouse
airt ]. I'll tl1e spotsreeking with tlis peiStup,
xaporssS pfs 5iIag dsath;i
ii@iiat en- FOR Ssas y III SsS isss 5 +
d Should I 60 Mckps h
No most emphatfcally.
4 As theauestlons arose i'd my mind r
heard gonce again. the whirS OF tile rod
--vzthe echo of.the deyelshsigh.s
{ Tie light, III could Snow discern,
struggled ina little through the Jagged
'6ssure ! had made in the wall as Il
forceu my enCrSnCes anu with IL rafaof
q Whiff Of air.
I turned arouuu. gsss s& s,
BY the dim gleann I beheld myself In
a large apartment, AT first i could
distinguish, as 1 cautiously crept
around its four sides, cllnging to the
cold, walls, batrliCtle. Finally 4 came
TO asquare space of roughness. It was
a window. walled up on the youtsldel
With the increasing light, dim al
though it was, beheld few molder
ing rags and worm. eaten bits of wood, :,
the remnants OF furniture, very likely.
"a pedestal Of marble stood at the east.
ern end; it fell a cracking ruin, as +
touched it. a book that crumbled into
q film Of dust lay in one corner. +
stopped to pick up its fragments. The
only scrap that held together was that
portion OF the Cordova leather binding
bearing It's title-.'The Talmud.''
+ held it between my fingers, and,
oppressed. almost to death by the at
mosphere, / made for the aperture. !.
AS I did so-again, the last time =
unearthly strokes fell ringing, sting:ng,
lashing. cutting on the echoing metal
! turned back, and stumbling to the
middle. f$theroon, or what seemed to
me the $middle,: #whence the sounds
came, dashed my foot against some,
thing. -
What2
Well--this:
The skeleton Of a man.
J raised myself upon my knees. / fe1t
ltF TsaW.itlying there IN all Its missr-
able squalor.
s43 In Its. lleshless right hand, tightly
grlpped, "a fail Of metallic rods. ,.
iS}33ln@ itsteeth, held fast in the agoniss
of s.stawation, q stick. Of worm eaten
wood.
Across its breast, holding it pinloned
to the ground, !. lay an image OF silver Of
the Blessed Virgin. IS.
The first ray of sunlight. that had
penetrated this place in three centuries
at this moment crept In the rent had
made IN tlie wall. (
1t fell across the silver image.
lifted it in my arms; 1t weighed full
forty pounds
Did equarraquirri ever again ava
ken me at 3 O'Clock in thu morning?
: No. E1.fs9 III
And was.any one ever again distnrbeds l
by those cruel sounds?
Never. E,ss.
And, after all, how can one say lie Iii
did not dream the Whole affair? y s,s
Oh, we'll, that is true. except for this
reason. &, aa
1.-THE silver image pitted and bsa-
ten, stands to-day in the oratory Of my
fathers house in MOSCOW, whittier I
carried It vixen Iqa!t.ea Lima. " ss3s.95 s5s |
PEoYERpIETs. .--Where there,s a
will there's a. way to break it, 4He
laughs best who laughs at his sownjoke.5
Speech is silver, but the coinare isy
dobased. - 1t is well to ba on wifi tbn3;